US890650A - Combined wardrobe and disinfecting-cabinet. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

GTING CABINET. 1908.

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PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. A. S. HITGHGOGK. COMBINED WARDROBE AND DISINFEGTIN G CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1908.

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In t r Attorney QM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED WARISROBE AND DISINFEGTING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed January 3, 1908. Serial No. 409,152.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA S. HITCHCOOK,

citizen" of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Combined Wardrobe and Disinfecting-Cabinets,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object, construction and utility of my invention are herein set forth, reference bemg had to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a erspective view of my improved combineifward-robe and disinfecting cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the up er and lower portions of same, the interme iate portion of the cabinet being broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail.

. The same reference letters indicate identical parts in the several views.

The object of my invention is to provide a collapsible wardrobe and cabinet, which may,

when necessity arises, be also used as a disin fectin cabinet, and one which may be easily move from place to lace, and for this urpose be so constructed as to be foldable into a small parcel. a

The construction of my combined wardrobe and disinfecting cabinet is substantially as follows.

From any suitable fabric, I construct a cabinet, 1, of any suitable size and sha e, though preferably about five feet in heig t,

three feet in width and eighteen inches'in depth, and in the-front of the cabinet I form an access or door opening 2 which is closed by a suitable curtain closure 3, which is se-.

curely attaghedby one of its edges, preferably the top edge, to the fabric of the cabinet, immediately above the access opening.

Attached to and projectin outward from the face of the cabinet, an in close proximity to the edges of openin 2, are a number of evenly-spaced metallic oops or staples 4: Approximate to the edge of the curtain is formed a number of correspondingly-s aced e elets 5 for the reception of said stap es; a s ort distance from the edges of opening 2 at the sides and bottom thereof, I attach flaps, 6, 6, 6, with their free edges disposed toward said opening 2, and in said flaps I also form. the eyelets 7 adapted to the reception of said sta les.

en curtain 3 is to be secured in the edge of the curtain and eyelets 7 are drawn over the staples 4 and a lace 8 is then passed through the rojecting end of the staple, thus holdin t e curtain firmly in the closed position an forming a fumeroof and mothroof joint, which revents t e escape of the umes of the disin'ectant or the entrance of moths.

Upon the interior of the cabinet I provide a. number of shelves 9, 9, which are made in the form of pockets, and attached to the back of the cabinet, through which is an opening into each shelf or ocket. pockets may be any width, om the full width of the cabinet to any fraction thereof; the opening into each ocket extends the fiill width thereof. A slielf is put in readi- 7O Said ness for use by inserting a rectangular frame with eyelets 14, whichreceive the staples 15;

a lace 16, assing through said staples secures said aps firmly in the closed position.

This construction is substantially that by i which the curtain 3 is secured in the closed position.

A removable frame or stretcher 17 is laced in the bottom of the cabinet to hol it proper shape, and at the top of the cabinet I provide a pocket 24 for the reception of a stretcher 25, which holds the top of the cabinet in shape. I

Rings18 are provided at each top corner of the cabinet for the purpose of suspending ilzolie cabinet from the ceiling or any 0t support. i

rames 10,a small portion of which s shown in Fig. 3, are composed preferably of tubing 19, joined at the respective corners by an elbow 20, in such a manner that the frame may be easily taken apart.

- A hole 21 is provided through the bottom of the cabinet, which is outside with a screw col 23 for the purpose of disinfectin the interior and contents of the cabinet. aid opening rovided upon the l ar 22, into which may be; screwed a formaldehyde generator -21 is preferably provided with a fine Wire netting to prevent moths from entering the same when the generator is not in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1., In an article of the class specified, a cabinet composed of a suitable fabric, there being a door opening in one side of said cabinet, staples secured to said fabric at three sides of said opening and approximate to the edges thereof, a curtain closure for said opening secured by one of its edges, to the fabric of said cabinet approximate to one side of said opening, there being eyelets in said'curtain positioned and adapted to receive said staples, flaps adapted to overlap the free edges of said curtain when the same is in a closed position, there being eyelets through said flaps adapted to receive said staples, a lace adapted to pass through said eyelets for the purpose set forth, and means whereby said cabinet may be suspended from a suitable support.

2. In an article of the class specified, a cabinet composed of a suitable fabric, removable stretehers located at the top and bottom of said cabinet, shelf-pockets attached to one wall of said cabinet upon the interior thereof, there being openings through said wall into said shelf-pockets, in combination with frames or stretchers adapted to enter said pockets, means for securing said frames in said pockets, and means whereby said shelves may be secured in a horizontal position, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device of the class s )ecified, a cabinet composed of a suitable fa rie, there being a door opening on one side of said cabinet, staples secured to said fabric approximate to three sides of said opening, a curtain closure for said opening, secured by one of its edges to the fabric of said cabinet approximate to one side of said opening, there being eyelets through said curtain adapted and positioned to receive said staples, flaps adapted to overlap the edges of said curtain when the same is in the closed position, there being eyelets through said flaps also adapted to receive said staples, a lace adapted to pass through said eyelets, for the purpose set forth, means whereby said cabinet may be suspended, in combination with a disinfect ant generator adapted to be attached to the bottom of said cabinet, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNA S. HITCHCOOK Witnesses:

HOMER R. BLAIR, E. C. SMITH.

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